Ancient Greeks

From whom did the Greeks adopt an alphabet? 

• Phoenicians
• Minoans
• Mycenaeans
• Dorians

What did Greeks begin when they sent people to a settlement in a new territory that kept close ties to its homeland? 

• Civilization
• Specialization
• Colonies
• Epics

What three types of government existed in Ancient Greece before Athens developed a democracy? 

• Theocracy, monarchy, oligarchy
• Monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny
• Monarchy, nobles ruled, tyranny
• Monarchy, theocracy, tyranny

Who first ruled the city-states of ancient Greece called a monarchy?

• Tyrants
• Kings
• Oligarchies
• Nobles

Who were wealthy landowning aristocrats that soon overthrew the monarchs? 

• Tyrants
• Kings
• Oligarchies
• Nobles

Commoners helped what rulers, who had total power, in overthrowing the nobles? 

• Tyrants
• Kings
• Oligarchies
• Nobles

Under the Greek definition of "citizen", who qualified for citizenship? 

• Freed slaves (later on: women)
• Wealthy women with land
• Free native-born men with land (later on: merchant, artisan, or farmer)
• Foreign-born men with land

City state that created a a military oligarchy with a strong army 

• Athens
• Sparta
• Troy
• Miletus

City state that was the center of Greek culture and trade in 400's BC

• Athens
• Sparta
• Troy
• Miletus

Athenian citizen soldiers who went into battle in a formation of rows

• Helots
• Hoplites
• Slaves
• Senators